| 单词 | to keep a dirty roller |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep a dirty roller = roll-call n. to keep a dirty roller: to attend roll call dressed in pyjamas before returning to one's rooms. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > counting people numberingc1325 numbera1382 lustrum1598 capitation1646 poll1659 roll-calling1752 roll-call1763 census1769 conscription1797 head-counting1831 roller1883 headcount1913 1883 Oxford Review 26 Apr. 345/1 Up to this time a nominal five, a practical four, and a possible three ‘rollers’ would suffice. 1895 Bachelor of Arts May 88 If a student has ‘kept a dirty roller’; that is, has reported in pajamas, ulster and boots, and has turned in again, he [sc. the scout] puts the breakfast before the fire. 1910 Michigan Alumnus June 481/2 We answer roll-call (‘roller’) at eight in winter and seven-thirty in summer. < as lemmas |
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